Loon balloon provided test service for three months, then tested the limits of flight duration Loon balloon HBAL703 accomplished something that none of its silvery, high-flying
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, has announced the availability of its commercial 5G service in certain areas across six prefectures
Japanese operator NTT expects to turn listed mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo into a wholly owned subsidiary via a tender offer of nearly JPY4 trillion ($37.9
Softbank will retain a 25% stake in Brightstar Softbank is selling Brightstar, the Miami-based cell phone distributor that it purchased in 2014, to the private equity
SoftBank retaining small ownership stake in Arm; NVIDIA paying in cash and stock U.S.-based NVIDIA on Sunday announced it had struck a deal with Japanese conglomerate
Amazon has permission from the Federal Communications Commission to move ahead with launching a geostationary satellite constellation of more than 3,200 satellites, to provide fixed
NTT acquires 5% stake in NEC to boost 5G tech
Japanese conglomerate Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), will take a 5% stake in compatriot electronics company NEC as part of an agreement to foster the
#TBT: LTE-Advanced debuts; Softbank, Dish vie for Sprint; Sprint fights Dish on Clearwire stake… this week in 2013
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Rakuten Mobile delays 5G launch due to COVID-19 pandemic
New Japanese mobile network entrant Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, announced it will delay the launch of commercial 5G services due
HAPS partners aim high for a ‘rare, untapped commercial opportunity’
HAPS Alliance includes Ericsson, Nokia, SoftBank, DT, Telefonica, China Telecom, Bharti Airtel and Loon, among others A coalition of companies are aiming for the stratosphere as
NTT DoCoMo targets 2.5 million 5G subscribers by March 2021
Japan’s largest carrier, NTT DoCoMo, expects to attract 2.5 million subscribers in the 5G segment by March 2021, the operator said in its earnings statement. The
SoftBank and KDDI announced that they established a joint venture to promote the deployment of 5G in rural areas across Japan, both firms said in
Mike Sievert replaces John Legere as CEO of the combined T-Mobile It’s official: Sprint is no more, and the New T-Mobile is here. T-Mobile US CEO
KDDI to launch 5G in Japan this week
Japanese carrier KDDI announced that it will launch its 5G wireless services on March 26 in 15 prefectures across the country. The telco also said that
SoftBank to launch Japan’s first commercial 5G network by end-March
Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank announced it expects to launch its 5G services on March 27, becoming the first of the country’s three major mobile carriers